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Managing Complex Billing Environment in Advance of Health Care Reform

Reducing hospital readmissions using data science and a social twist

Wexner Medical Center is running a clinical study to find
reliable evidence about whether one can improve patients' behavior by drawing on their social and family circles. The study asks friends and Family of cardiac patients to send text messages encouraging them to continue their rehabilitation classes. But there are implications for
data mining in health care, the use of social media, and long-term approaches to chronic illness.

American Heart Association: Six steps that could cut heart failure readmissions

1 . Forming partnerships with community doctors to address readmission issues.
2. Collaborating with other hospitals to develop consistent strategies for reducing readmission.
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Source: American Heart Association News Release, July 16, 2013
Source URL: http://newsroom.heart.org/news/six-steps-could-cut-heart-failure-readmissions

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The New Jersey Readmissions Initiative by Diane Babuin and Ya-ping Su
Strategies to Decrease Readmissions after Joint Arthroplasty by Carlos Higuera, MD and Nathan Mesko, MD
The Editor’s Corner: Terri Marshall, RN, MS, CCM on How to Stop the Pain
The Role of Telehealth in Reducing Readmissions by Stacey Force
Thought Leader’s Corner: “Is this Project BOOST glass half full or half empty?”
Industry News with industry briefs regarding Community Care of North Carolina; Juniper Research; Bronx Collaborative; John C. Lincoln Health Network; American
Association of Heart Failure Nurses; University of Notre Dame; and JAMA
Readmissions Penalties Year Two
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